The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, October 28, 1880, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 28, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. 130.
ONLY A DREAM.
I had a dream. I thought that you andI I
Walked aide by side along a murmuring
stream,
it vas in early spring; the sweet wild flowers
Nodded their heads above the watera horm;
The happy birds sang out for very joy *
Of living. And we two wandered idly on
Or stopped to pluok a wayward flower w hioh
chanced
To fringe our path; sang merry songs in
snafohes,
Or grew as silent after. Till, suddenly,
We came to wh re the brook and riv.r meet,
And, mingliag. flow as one forevermore.
We stopped to rest ero we sbould homeward
turn ;
And then, with sudden impulse, turning
'round,
You look'd with your dear eyes into mine own,
And said: "The brook and river flow as one,
And why should our two lives less perfoot be ?"
I answered not a word; my lips were dumb;
But, suddenly, iut , my life there came
A gladness that I had not known befor.
And then you atoopod, and kiisod mte on the
mouth ;
I trembling sighed-and with tio esigh ax, ke I
And then I knew that I had only dreatned.
The Emperor's Choice.
Mlichael the Second lay in the sepulchral
chapel erected by Justinian, in the Church
of the Holy Apostles at Constantinople. It
was in the autumn of 829 that this Ein
peror died, leaving the throne of the East
ern Empire to his son Theophilus.
Married at an early stage of hisgreatness
to Euphrosyne, daughter of Constantine
VI., Mlichael haa suffered a degree of ob.
loquy which lie could not avert, in conse
quence of his marriage. Euphrosyne had
already become a nun, when lie accident
ally saw her, as she was returning from
matins, across the courtyard adjoining both
convent and chapel. From this time her
liage haunted lim, night and day; and
when at length lie came to the throne, his
first act was to obtain a dispensation from
the Patriarch for the beautiful recluse to
share it with him.
There were those who dared murmur
against the desecration, as they termed it,
and the sovereign's life was embittered,
and perhaps his death hautened, by the re
ports that often reached him of the disap
proval of his subjects. Euphrosyne, how
ever, made as exemplary an Empress as
she had ben irreproachable as a utin, and
mourned her husband's death with as true
a grief as if she had never abjured the
world. All her remaining affections cen
tered in her son, Theophilus, who ascend
ed the throne when lus father died, in Oc
tober, 829.
To please the fastidious taste that chap
acterized the new Emperor, and, perhaps,
to guard him against the temptation of in.
vading the sacred precincts of the cloister
for a wife, the Empress assembled all the
most beautiful and graceful aiong the
maidens of Constantinople to a fete in her
own private apartments. Previous to their
coming she informed him of her object,
and desired him to select a new empress
from among the many fair and high-born
ialden,3 who would grace it.
Perhaps it was only a whim that prompt
ed his quick answer; but he eventually
carried it out, hi a way that accorded
with his quaint and quiet humor. Seizing
an apple of pure gold from aniong the cost
ly ornamenta of his mother's cabinet, he
said, "Look, mother I I will openly pre
sent this apple to the maiden who most
shall meet my approbation in your circle,
this evening; and that maiden, whoever
site may be, shall share with me the throne.
The Empress approved, and they sep
nted, to meet again when she should be
surrounded by the flower of beauty and
grace in her own apartmeit.
The evening shadcs were deepening into
dlarkness, when a young andl very beautiful
girl, dressed with fairy lightness and taste,
stood before the massive steel mirror which
gave back her flashing eyes and crimson
cheeks. She was robed in a long, trailing
garment of transparent silver tissue, looped
up at one side with a knot, of white ilowers.
The shoulders were partially bare, and the
short sleeve was gathered up by a single
spray of delicate lilies. Across the bosom
the robe was drawn into graceful folds
p~artmig in the center, and decorated with
diowers. The hair was braided into a heavy
knot at the back of the head, and a wreath
of tiny greent leaves encircled the knot.
Except the flowers, there was no decora
tion. All was in the strictest sinlilctty,
but aii air of lndescribnble elegance and re
finemnent pervaded her whole appearance.
As site stepped from before the large
mirror she met the eyes of a young man,
bearing a strong family resemblance to her,
fixing themselves earnestly and adimiriingly
upon her.
"h on will go withm me, Justus?" she
asked, as he approached her.
"It it is your pleasure, Tfheodora," was
the reply, "I am only too happy to attend
you." tie bent toward her and whisper
ed. "If 1 could b~ut know that I might
hope for your presence always-"
"Hush, Justusl" said shto; "'I think you
must remeniber that the subject is forbid
den as one likely b (ldest roy the bonds of
friendship betweeni us"
"Amnd Is friendship all that I must hope
for?" he asked.
"All!" she replied. ''Methinks it Is a
great boon, the true and pure friendship
which 1 have heard described. Blesides,
are you not my own relative ?.--dearer than
any save a brother? S isters' thildIren we
are Justus." And site laid her white hand
upon his arm with a sisterly freedom that
disarmned him of all resentmenat towardl her.
"You will go ?" she asked again.
"Yea, TFheodora-and as a brother only,
If that Is all you cant desire me to be to
you. But I shall make a sorry attend
ant.*"
The two p~assedl out together, and just as
thtey were about to enter the quaintly-do
corated Greek chariot, another chariot,
with wild, prancing horses, nearly ruin
against them.
"Th'lat is Eikasia's carriage," said Theo
dora, when her mionentary fright was oiver.
"id you observe w~hat a beatifuhl tlhng it
is?"
"I sew that it was built in the form of a
sea-shell," lie replied. "Eikasia has taste
as well as beauty."
"Yes," said TJhteodlora; "and1( oh, Jus
tuesI how grandly b~eautifut she Is! how
full of glorious strengh and miajesty I1)Do
ydu know that I shrink away into nothing
beefde Elkasla ? She seemse to overshadow
mae with her comanding presencee."
"one hair from that golden braid exceeds
her charms."
"Nonsense, Justus I Do you think me
so vain as to be caught by such rhapsodies,
my good cousion I Keep your flue speeches
for finer ladies .than 1."
When Justus and Theodora entered the
reception chamber of the Empress, Eikasia
was already there. She was dressed inag
nilecently in a rich green robe, embroidered
with gold stars. On her head she wore a
coronet composed of gold and emeralds.
Her train was three yards in length, and
was of white Persian silk, bordered with
gold stars on a green ground. A broad
girdle, in which gold was curiously inter
woven, confined her loose robe in folds
around her waist and a chain of emeralds
drooped from her white throat, setting off
its exquisite fairness. A pale, olive hue
was faintly lighted up with a struggling
crimson, but it was the eyes that lighted
up the wondrous-the deep, passionate
eyes, whose glancss seemed absolute to burn
with the fires of the spirit within. The
long lashes that shaded them rested on the
cheek; and the dark eyebrows were
penciled so evenly that every hair lay in its
own place, and seemed as if it could not be
spared from the general effect.
Eikasia's hair was of that peculiar tint
of purplish black that is at once so rare and
beautiful ; and, unlike Theodora's she
wore it in long curls, that fell over her
face, partially concealing the paksionate
look that sometimes welled out from the
very soul in moments of her intense en
thusiasm.
Won by that look-for slie wore it now
-i person, entering the room, walked
slowly past the others who were standing
in gioups, or reclining on seats about the
apartments, and stayed his footsteps only
when lie reached the spot where she was
standing.
Addressing her in the grave and senten
tious tone of the period, lie said, "Women
is the source of evil."
1er quick eye caught sight of the golden
apple. She divined immediately the cause
01 this, and the use to which he was to ap
ply it, and her dark eyes glistened with a
proud yet happy expression as she quickly
answered. "But womau is also the source
of much good."11
She turned aside to speak to Theodora,
but her words were bitter and sarcastic now
-for there was an air of sweetness and
purity in Theodora's face, that. contrasted
with her own passionate nature. The Em
peror, who saw it, too, was disenchanted
in a moment. All her beauty faded from
before his sight, and lie turned away dis
enthralled.
What was itl Did her.tones jar upon
his nerves I or was lie attracted to the other
maiden, whose blushing cheek attested her
modesty, and whose sparkling eyes pro
claimed her intellectuality? Who knows,
save by what followed? The apple quiv
cred in his hand. Hie advanced-stopped
-went on, in Corporal Trim's old fashion,
hundreds of years afterward, and placed
the bright, shining fruit in the hand of the
fair Theodora I
Never before had such a blow fallen on
the self-complacency of Eikasia. The
words died on her lips, and the tears forced
themselves into those large, black orbs that
burned so brightly a few minutes before.
it was like rain after lightning. She had
not counted upon this. When the Em
peror had entered she looked proudly
around, inO the memory of that last glance
in the great steel mirror was still vivid en
ough to assure her that she would bear off
the palm of beauty. Now, the veil had
fallen from her eyes, and she saw anothei
preferred before her I
A few moments of that forced gayety
which disappointed pride puts on, at first,
to hide the keen pangs that are crushing it,
and then Eikasia was gone; and the party,
following her lead, as usual, broke up. At
the door, Justus stood ready with a mantle
ot fine wool to guard TVheodora from the
night air. She was trembling all over with
the strong excitement of the evening. Jus
tus thought she was shivering, and lhe
wrapped her up still closer. Could lie have
known that she was (lead to him fronm that
moment, the poor youth's constant heart,
wouldl have bled (deeply.
In the monastery of Santa Maria Emkasla
secluded herself from every eye save those
or the good sisters andi her confessor. She
had felt the throb of ambition--she now
wore the garb of humilhty. Tihe brief (liy
dream had faded, but its going dIown had
efti none of those bright hues that the sun
leaves at parting. Henceforth, life was
painted for her in those sombre shades of
gray that are too (lull already to subside
ito any other tint. And while Eikasma
composedi and sang pl)Sms, t~o euro the
fever of a soul panting for the gift of love,
Theodora was preparing to ascend the
throne beside him who, had he not beeni
Emperor, would~ have equally shared her
heart.
The Empress Euphrosync, after her son's
marriage, retired to a monastery to pass8 the
remaiinder of her daysi one sigh to the
memory of Michael, and she was lost, to the
either world.
Theodcora accompamied the Emperor on
one of his visits to the nleighboring con
vents. A nun attracted her notice by the
height and beauty of her figure. Her face
was almiost entirely concealed, by the broad
bands which she, more than the others,
had drawn closely around it. But the full
red lips, unfaded and blooming still, and
guarding a row of pearls of unexampled
beauty, brought to her memory the proud
Elkasia, as she stood, waiting in the palace
hall, for the distinction she was so sure
would come to her.
Elkasia's eyes betrayed her emotion.
The Emperor spoke to her courteously
without remembering her, And the "last
straw" was laid on the pride that hadl been
her ruling passion. She answered hun in
a low murmur that sounded little like the
tone that so jarredl upon lis nerves when,
years ago, the golden apple seemed so
ticarly within her reach.
Thus we struggle-ah I how often-like
wountled birds, against the destiny that
seemed so cruel-yet how recklessly we
thing away the golden fruit that might be
ours; and somewhere away among (dim
cloisters in which we have hidden our
grief, we sometimes catch a glhmpse of our
coveted prize In the hands of another!
What wonder, then, if we beat time bars of
the dreary cage in which we dwell I
No one can over estimate hIs own
weakness, or tihe dangers to whichi ho
is continually eXposed i no one Gun
overstate the strength and comfort of
constantly abiding in Christ.
There is no faith in believing what is
true unless we believe IL because it iu
How the Winter In ithe aerirats Grow
Longer.
Professor Legate has just returned fro
a trip into the Sierras of eight days dur
tion. le had with him two assistants an
his own vehicle for the transportation u
his instruments, and campedt out most <
the time. he object of the professor
trip was the study of recent interestin
meteorological changes in the elevate
regions of the Sierras. Ie was led to b<
lieve that during the present season th
warm belt had shifted south. Beginnin
at a point just north of Lake Tahoe, tit
snow has not melted away as in forme
years. There are now banksof snow fior
fifty to 100 feet in depth at points wher
heretofore it this season no snow has lain
Nearly the whole of this snow will remni
where it now lies until the snows of wintc
again set in. Up toward the head water
of the North Fork of the Yuba River, wherl
no snow is usually seen at this season, I
has but little more than begun to disappear
In that place are to be sepn huge banks o
snow, under which flow tile waters of th
stream, forming arches or natural bridge
100 feet in heigit, and from 200 to 30
feet in width. As nearly the whole of thi
snow will remain until snow again comes
the accumulation next year will be stil
greater, and the whole region around th
head of that and other rivers high in th
mountains will probably lie tider the sano
tne year round.
It was for the purpose of ascertaininj
the cause of this remarkie change of cli
mate to tile northward that Professor Le
gate went on his expedition into the mno-an
tains. Through the results obtained b;
observations made at many points witi
various delicate instruments, but jprincipal
ly by means of careful thermometrical tests
the professor has cstablished te fact tha
there has occurred in the rail' f tile Sierri
iivadai Mouimtneat8 thi S. it a grant
isothermal chauge. Ile finds thait te waru
current of air which ever since the settle
ment of Cahfornia by Amiericans-and pro
bably ages before--has moved upwar
from the Pacific seaboard to the Sierri
Nevada Mountains and thence turned am
flowed to the northward along the wes
side of the main ridge of tile range, thu
giving to all regions in that direction i
warm climate, no longer moves in that di
rection. It now comes ip from the side o
the ocean and pours east ward directl)
across the crest of the Sierras near Lak<
Tahoe.
Professor Legate has satisfied himsel
that this Wonderful change, which is leav
Ing all the northern parts of the Sierri
buried in snow, summer and winter, i
caused by the denudation of tiiber whici
the mountains have suffered through a bel
beginning at Luke Tahoe and extendinp
some twenty miles souLhward. Througli
the great. gap thus left by the sweepin
away of the ioresas now flows the warn
current of air which formerly moved-witli
something of the circling.motion of wate;
in an eddy-far along the mountains to li
northward. Professor Legate says it imusl
not be supposed that the change has bec
caused merely on account of the gal) o
trough left by the clearing away of tht
forests. The denudation of the ground i
the principal cause. The heat of tile sut
pouring down upon the broad belt of bur(
ground now reaching across the mount ain
causes at that point an inunense ascenldii
column of heated air which draws in from
the west tht- current which formerly move(
to the northward and now all cmssex tht(
Sierras, passing in an upward and eastwar<
direction.
Professor Legate is of the opliniou tha
tile only thing Capable of chaiging the is
othernal line which has been recently ne
eldentally and disastrously estabished is th<
creation, at. sonie point well norlh, of an
other broad belt of denudittion, the intlu.
ence of which will be to draw in that diree
(ion a portion of the warmi currenit of ii
mnoving up to and1( along the western slop)1
of thte Sierras, iand thus partly restore th<.
eqiuable temiperature that, fornmerely pre
vailedl. lie thinks the railroad which is t<
run in tile direction of Oregon from Reno
and1( which is to strike aind till thie grea
pine forests of tile Sierras well to the n10r h
will after a few years effect the desires
change.
Poison in F4ootd and 4jhi1.dren's Toy,.
The Paris authorities have reccently bee1
preacing a crusade against the use of 1)oi
sons. It seems some flagrant istane
have beent detected. The poisons which
hlave been selected for su1ppressiont by thi
Parisian police inclu'hc a kind of yellov
sackoloth in which Amneric~an hams Ittve
in certain eases, been packed for the Eutrc
ieani market. Many of these are quit
harniless, and keel) the comimoditles freal
and p~ure, buht ini some1 chiromate of lead ha
beet.,11sed1 to renderi the sacking watei
proof, if not, air-tight, and, though the rc
suit has been attilinedl, the hams hiive beci
poisoned. A peculiar kind of salted lien
ring lias also been liaced oil the schiedul
of datngerous comiestibles, as the analysi
allows that tile solor is obtained with b1
chroimate of potash. Bunt a more insidi
ous attemplt has been dletectedi in the ens
of childreni's toys colored with peolsonou
palintS. TlheO Fr'ench auithorities when the;
commlaence a crusadle, geenrally conutinue
to the endto, andi their efforts differ tbotih ii
energy andi success fromi the capricious atnt
diatory proceedings by which, in thi
counltry, slightly poisonous food is often al
lowed to be sold with imnpuniity.
Eating Without, nt Appetite.
It, is wrong to cat without an appetite
for it shown there is no gastric juice in LIh
stomach, and that nature does not ntee,
food; andl not needling it, there being n
juice to receive andl act upon it, it remtaltn
there to puttrefy, the very thought of wIce
should be sufficient to (deter any matn fret
eating withiout an appetite for the reinahl
d~er of his life. If a tonic Is taken to who
the appetite, it is a milstalken course, for at
oinly result, is to cause one to eat mnor
when already an anmoumnt bhas been1 cate
beyond what the gastric has been able
p~repalre. The object to be attainedl is
larger supply of gastric juice, and1( not
larger supply of food; and whatever fails I
accomplish that c4esirable object falls to hasi
any eflciency towardi tile cure of dyspepti
diseases. The formastion of gastric jul04
is dlirectly proportioned to tho wear ait
tear of the system, which Is to to be ti
means of supplying, and this wear au
tear can only take place as the resu
of exercise. 'Te efficient renmedy for dy
popsia is work-out-of.door work-bent
lcial and successiul in direct proportion
it is ngrormbhen internating and profihbl
Patch Fine.
From Wilnington, N. U, southward and
a1 nearly till the way to Florida, the pitch
- pine trees, with their blazed sides, attract
1 the attention of the traveler. The lands for
,f long stretches are alost worthless and
f the only industry, beyond small patches of
s corn or cotton, is the " boxing ' of the
! pitch-pine trees for the gum, as it is called
I and the manufacture of turpentine and re
. sin. There are several kinds of pine trees,
n including the white, spruce, yellow, Rou
imany and pitch pmne. The latter is the only
u valuable one for boxing, and differs a little
r from the yellow pine, with which it is
i sometimes confoanded at the North. The
L owners of these pine Ilands generally
. lease the privilege for the buisiness, and
i receive about $125 for a crop, which con.
r sist.s of 10,000 boxes. The boxes are cavities
s cut Intothe tree near tie ground in such a
j way as to hold about a quart, and front one
t to four boxes are cut In each tree, tile nun
. ber depending on its size. One mnan can
f attend to and gather the crop ( f 10,000
3 boxes during the season, which lasts fromi
SMatrch to Septeiber, Abottt three quarts
) of pitch or gmn is the average production c
s of each box, but to secure tli-s alliount the 1
bark of the tree above must be hacked f
1 away a little every fortnight. Doing this
3 s0 often, and for successive seasons, re
Siovc the bark as high as can be easily
r reached. while the quantity of the gum
constantly decreases, in thtat it yiekls less,
, spirit, ts the tui pentin is called(, and there I
.the trees are abandoned. The gim is
scraped out of the boxes with a sort of wood- 1
e spoon, and at the close of the season, s
after the pitch onl the exposed surface of C
the tree has become hard, It is removed by 11
scraping, and is only tit, for resin, produc- 1
Ing no spirit. The gtin sells for $1.50 a I
barrei to tile distillers. From sixteen bar- C
rel of the crude gum, which is about the
average (ur utity of the stills, eighty gal
lons of turpentine and tell barrels of resini
atre made. ie resin sells for fron $1.40 (
to $5 pet Larrl, according to quality, and t
just about pays for cost of gumi and distil- a
hug, leaving the spirit, which sells for for
ty cents a gallon, as the profit of the busi -
ness. iniense quantities of resin await ,
shipment along the line, and the pleasant
odor enters the car windows as we tire
whirled along. Afte- the trees are unfit
for further boxing, and are not suitable f-r
lutmber; they tire sometimes used to mauu- :
facture tar, but the buisluess is not very r
profitable, And is only done by large cot- f
palites. who can thus utilize their surpluits
labor. The trees are cut up into wood, t
which is piled into a hole in the ground i
and covered With earth, and then burned, I
the satne as charcoal Is burned in New
York. The heat sweats out the gum, 8
which, uniting withi the smoke, runs off C
through a spout provided for that purpose. U
A cord of wood wiil mtake two barrels of I
tar, which sells for $1.50 a barrel,
an( costs thirty-seven and a hatif cents to f
miako. The charcoal is then sold for cook- I
Lug purpose. r
Generial in1inihgton.
The Or'alcc, published in 1791, writes
thus, as to the personal babits of General
Washington: "lie is very regular, tem
perate and industrious; rises in winter and
suinier tit the dawn of (lay; generally reads
or writes some time before breakfast:
breakfasts about seven o'clock o three
I siall Indian hoe cakes, and as many dishes
of telt, and often rides immediately to his
different farms, and remains with his
laborers until a little after 2 o'clock, then
returns and dresses. At 3 o'clock lie dines,
coninionly on a single dish, and drinks from
half a pint to a pint of MAdileari wine. This,
with oIne smilall glass of punich, a draught
of beer and two dishes of tea (wnich Ie
takes half an hour before the setting of the
sun), constitutes lia whole Sustenance until
the next daSy. 1ut his table is always fur
nished withI elegance and exub~erance: and(1
whether lie htas company or not lhe remains
at t he table an ho)ur in familiar conversation,
then every one is called upon01 to gIve some
absent friend a toast. After lhe has (lined,
hie apl)ies himtlself to butsiness5, and( aibout 9
o'clock retires to res'; bitt when he has
compan1~y lie aittend~s p~olitely upon them till
they wvish to wvithdraw."
Bhit It is of interest to observe the impres
81011 Watshington made~l upon0 another class.
IFor this purpose5 let us ttake the description
of one who evidenltly knew him well, and(
understood exactly how lhe ratiked in the
estimattioni of those best quatlified to judge
of his character and1( woth. This dlescriptioni I
- p~erha~pn conltamts one statemetnt tIhat maty
strike somei as ne0 ., yet more that one
prominent biographer hats preparedl us for it,
in sayinig that in his youthl Washington had
thle smuall-pox. Upon the whole, It will not
appear muuch newer thtan the fact brought,
out ulpon the last 22(1 of Februtiry as very
new, namitely', that throughout the revolu
tion lie servedi his counttry without pay, ati
astounding fact, in the eyes of ollce-htolder8
and polititicitans. The writer iti Thal.P/ila
-delcphia Mone/ly of .11une, 1798, sp~eaks as
follows: "General Washmlgton is a tall,
Swell-made mantl rtither large bonecd, and1(
-has5 a tolerably geniteel address. H~is feat
uires aire malfnly andu bold, Ils eyes of a blishl
cas5t and( very lively; his htair of a dleep
Sbrown; his face rathier long anid marked
SwIth the small-pox; his complexion sun
burnt and without much color, and1( hIs
couintinance sensible, composed andl thought -
Sful; there is a remarkable air of dIgnity
Sabouft him1, wvith a striking (degree of grace
fulness. ie has an excellent undlerstandl
ing without uch quickness: as strIctly just
vigilant and generous; tan affectionate huts
h~and, a faithifuli friend, a father to the de
servIng; gentle in Is mlanners', ini temper:
rath~er reservedl; a total strtanger to religloous
3 priejudilces; iti Is morals irreproachable; lhe
I was tnever known to exceed the bounds of
) most rigidl temlperance-il a word, all his
a frienids and acquiaintances universai.j allow
a thait no man ever unitedl In his own person
1 a1 more perfect alliance of the virtues of a
- phillosophier with the taletnt of a statesman
t :ind a general. Canldor, sincerity, affabllIty
a alnd simplicity seemi to be the striking feat-1
e ures of his chlaracter."
2 in opening thte old magazino In whIch
ra the foregoing sketch is preserved, the read
a r feels well nigh hike one who comes upon
it some1 forgotteni album, and1( finds the photo
I) grap~h of ani old andl fannlitir friend. Wash
o inlgton here app~ears, not1 In a cloudl of in
c conse, not as a demi-god, and yet not as a
s Commtlon mani. llero we have, in fact, very
Liitiearly the tradlitionlal or, it might b)e said(,
e the "Immortal Washington" of the average
ti appreciative Amierican. Tihe vindication of
1 W ahing tonl, theorofore, would consist simu
m- .ply in presenlting the man as lhe was.
- The brief sketch quoted furnishes many
s a topic upon which It would be pleasant to
'I dwelt The statement that Washingtnn was
stranger to religious prejudices, for In
itance,recalls his reply to the address of the
Roman Catholics, who engaged their lives
md fortunes to achieve American Indepen
lence, as well as that of the Jews. At the
mine tune the religious opinions of Wash
ngton were not colorless. lie was bred in
he system of the Church of England, as it
>btained in Virginia, where the system was
olerant, as some have thought, lax. Yet,
vhatever may have been the tendencies
here (luring the last century, the system
vas preserved in its integrity, and Wash
ugton was in sympathy with the established
>rder observing all the forms. In the earlier
)ortion of his life, before his time became
>thorwise absorbed, lie was an active vest
yman. lie was also an attendant upon
:omununion. In the French and Indian war
io would officiate in the absence of the chap
aln. He read the burial service at the
uneral of Braddock; and Lee Massey,
vhose discourses, preached in the hearing
if Washington, are carefully preserved,
aid that lie never knew so "constant a
hurchman" as lie, saying also that his be
iavior at church was deeply reverential,
nd produced the happiest effect upon the
ongregation. In advanced age lie may not
iave attended the communion in public as
ormerly, but of this we have no proof.
Lhe proof however, is also wanting that
ie actually did maintain his former
>ractice. When the period arrived in
vhich till eyes were fixed upon his
novements, it wou)d appear as though
is natural reserve modified his cus.
nma in general, and that he retreated
ore within his own deep nature. The
ame was true with regard to his Masonic
onnection, for though remaining a true
member of the brotherhood lie seldom vis
Led the lodges to take part in their affairs.
le, however, never relaxed his habit of
hurch-going, and was in his place on sun
lay morning with unfailing regularity.
Vien traveling, as for ilstance in New
'ngland, after' -attending the Episcopal
hurch in the morning, he would appear at
lie Congregational house of worship in the
fternoon, showing what is called his free
loum from religious prejudices; while his last
eords in his chamber at Alount Vernon
eere: "It is Wel."
The Comilexion.
I asked a druggist what particular article
r line of goods he sold the most of. lie
eplied without hesitation, "Compounds
or improving the complexion. The num
er of these preparations is surprising;
iey must be generally employed. I have
oticed that while nine gills out of ten
ave a singularly smooth, perfect skim upon
heir face, the doctor is constantly con
tilted with ieferences to roughness a nd
ruptions on other part, of the boiy. Girls
re not generally as healthy as boys, -but
lie skin of their fuees seein much smoother
han that' of boys. This difference, it Is
air to presume, comes of the bottles and
RAXes folund at tle ai)oticary's. I have
ead, and you have all read, of the analy
is Which eaieful chemists have made of a
;reat number of these preparations, aid In
his way we have learned that they are
ioisonous. Arsenic is a very common in
,redient. Not one of them, the analysis
if whieh I have examined, is tit to rub on
lie uimman skin. We all rejoice that tile
itir pr-eparations so generally employed to
olor the hair a few years since Iave gone
Rut of fashion. They poiosoned us, doing
, great deal of hariii to the brain and nerv
>us system. These preparations were gen
rally less poisonous ihan the coiplexion
luids are, but were taken into time systeni
l the amne way, by absorption through tile
kin. Tile iipression is gaining ground
mong the medical men that a certain class
I nervous affectionsi, too colinion among
,ur girls, originate in the flilds and pow
ler which they employ to improve their
omlplexions. What a gain it wouli be
very wiay if they would keep their faces
lear and bright by f requent bathing, exor
ise, Sisunsine, andl pure air I As things
iow go, ithey aire not what they seem: but
f they depend upon the natural methods,
hey would not only secure a bright, beauti
uii face, but they would lhe bright, anid
IIappy from top to toe, all the way through
,nd not simply oii a smll portion of the
urf ace.
They Dona't Knmow Mo.
A ragged zmani of leisure who was sun
ling himiself on the warf lit the foot of
riswold Street, h)etroit, wans accosted by a
econdl, who was a little more raigged, if
'ossible, withi the inquiry:
"'And which piarty are you hollering for
his fall?"
"Neither," was the brief reply.
''What, aint you fixed?"'
"'Not ai fix The best offer 1 have had1( IS
he pronmise of two dlolbars for two moniths
if hiollerig."
"Only two dollars? Whly, what sort of aim
lection is thlis going to b~e, and PresidentIal
'ear, too? Did you take it?"
''Take It?" echoed the other, as lie pulled
Sloose patch over his naked knee, "I (lid
lot. I've been thinking and thinking for a
vhole week past, and( (10 you know what
'ye mnade up mind to (do?"
"No."
''I'm going to let the country go to her
lestructioni Yes, sir; I'm going to see her
>lunged into the dlepthls of iinarchy and
iever raise a hand to prevent. Two dollars
o save this counitry I They don't, know me,
ir-they don't begmn to kiiow met"
And then the pair sat downm on a salt bar
-el and imade a dinner of hamrdl apples and a
>iece of salt codifilh.
Outdoor Gamesu.
Physical exercise can be, and often Is,
sarriedl to excess; but every one should
raclice it within reasonable limits. A
gentleman should not only know how to
rence, to box, to ridle, to shoot, to swim,
%ld to plhay at billiards, lie miust also know
iow to carry hinself, and how to dance, if
Lie would~ enjoy life to the uttermost. A
rood carriage is only obtained b~y the help
>f a dirilhlig master, andl boxing muist also
lie scientifically taught. A man should
make himself able to defend himnself from
rufians, and to dlefendh women from thmem
mlso. What fencing and dIrillng are to a man,
lacing and calisthenic exercises are to a
young woman. Every lady shoukli know
how to dance, whether she intendls to dance
Ii society or not ; the better thme p~hysical
trining. the mnorograceoful and self-possess.
edi she will be. Bwimming, skating, arch.
cry, or games of lawn-tennis and croquet,
ridling, and driving, all help to strengthen
the niuscles, and to take the young out ito
the open air, whibhl makes these gaimes
dlesiralhe. Th le subject is one that too
much cannot he said of by parents, tea~ch
era, andt edumcational reformers. Such
trainimr shol commenn a ihlidhood.
How tihe Pyramids were Built.
From the far distance you see the giant
forms of the pyramids, as If they were regu
ularly crystalized mountains, which the
ever-creatmg nature has called forth from
the rock, to lift thenselves up toward the
vault of heaven. And yet, they are but
tombs, built by the hands of men, which
have been the admiration and astonishment
alike of tile ancient and modern world.
Perfectly adjudsted to the cardinal points
of the liorison, they differ In breadthh and
height, as is shown by the imeasureeniuts of
the three oldest, as follows: 1. Tie Pyra
mid of Khufa-height, 450 -75 feet; breadth,
746 feet. 2. Pyramid of Khafra--height,
447-5 feet; breadth, 690-75 feet. 3. Pyra
iud of Menkara-height, 203 feet; breadth,
35278 feet. Thte construction of these
enormous masses has long been an insolu
ble mystery, but later generations have
succeedled in solving the problem. Ac
cording to their ancient usages andcustoms,
the Egyptians while still sojourning in health
and spirits. were ever mindful to turn their
looks to tile region where the departing Ila
took leave of life, where the door of tile
grave opened, where the body, well con
cealed, at length found rest to rise again to
a new existence, after an appointed time of
long, long years, while the soul, though
bound to the body, was at liberty to leave
the grave and return to it diring the day
time, in any form it chose. In such a be
lief, it was the custom betimes to dig the
grave in the form of a deep shaft In the
rock and above this eternal dwelling to
raise a superstructure of sacrificial cham
bers sometimes only a hall, sometimes sev
eral apartmuents, and to adorn then richly
with colored writings and painted sculp
tures, as was beconming to a house of plea
sure and joy. The king biegan his work
from his accession. As soon as he mount
ed the throne, the sovereign gave orders to
a nobleman, the master of all tile buildings
f his land, to plan the work and cut tile
stone. The kernel of the future edifice
wis raised oi the liniestone soil of the
desert, in the form of i small pyranid
built in steps, of which the well construct
ed and tinished interior forned tm thu S
eternal dwelling, with his stone sarcophagus
lying on the rocky floor. Let, us suppose
tiat this first building was finished while
the Pharoahs still lived in the bright su1n
light. A second covering was added, stone
by stone on tile outside of the kernal; a
third to this second; and to tills even a
rourth; and tile imass of the giant building
grew greater the longer the king enjoyed
existence. Anti then at last, when it be
came1 almost impossible to extend the area
Af the pyrunid further, a casing of hard
stone, polished like ghss, and flitted tic
nurately into the angles of the steps, cover
,d the vast, mass of the sepulcher, present
ing a gigantic triangle on each of its four
laces. More than seventy such pyramids
)Uce rose on the iargin of tile desert, each
telling of at king of whoin it was at one
ite tomb and monument. Had not the
greater number of these sepulchers of tile
Pharaolhs been destroyed almost to the
foundation, and had the names of the
builders of these which still stand been ac
Duritely preserved, it would have been
eaay for the inquirer to prove and make
-lear by calculation what was originally
iud or necessity, the proportion bILWeen
tihe imissest of the pyrimiids iiad the years
of the reigns of their respective builders.
Iileo for Living.
I am no doctor, quiaclk or pill-vender, yet
I have had a pretty good long life and a
lhappy one. lay I nol, therefore, Just
give my ainnple riles for health in hopes
1ome poor traveler on the up or down hill
nay look at them and perhaps be benefitted
)y them? I practiced them for many years
ind they have done m1e gool; perhaps
'hey Ily (10 good to others. They
are inexpensive, and imay be easily aban
doned if they cause any harn.
1. K~eep in the sunlighlt just as mulich 1as
p~osslble. A planlt will nlot thrive witlhout
the sunlbeam~ mulich less a man11.
2. Breathle as muhlll fresh1 air as your
business wiill permit. This malikes freshl
blood, but it will nlever bo found withlin tile
four walls of your building. Beneath the
open3 sky, just tlhere, an~d there only, it
comesC to yell.
8. H~e strictly temlperate. You cannot
break organic law, or any othler law, withl
imupunit y.
4. Keep theo feet always warmi and~ thle
hlead cool. Disease an~d death begin at tile
feet more conulnonly thlan we thlink.
6. If out or order, see which of thle
above rules you hlave not observed, thlen
rub yourself all over withl a towel, satu
rated with salt water, anmd well drliedt, and
begin upon01 thle rules again.
7. Look ever on tile brighlt side whlich
is tile heaven side of life. Th'iis is far
better than any medicinle.
Trhee seven simple rules, good for the
vali or in~validI, if rightfully observed,
wouldi save, I aipprehlend, a great deal of
pin, prolong your life, and so far as hlealtha
goes, it makes it worthl ha1vmg.
Lost Hins Mat.
A bare --headled man, who hlad on a long
1linen (luster, rushled into a hatt store inl Lit
tle Itock recently and( said:
''l want to buy a hat."
"Whlat kind of a hat?"
''Soft. Whien I got oif the stage I couIld
nlot ihid mine. Hated like thunda~er to lose
that hmat. Paid $5 for it. I'm always los
ing something. Can't chlarge It up to the
house8 thlii time. Thiat's thle fouirthl hat
thmat I've tulrnedi lntoxne acIS~iecounit in the
last two weeks. It was a daisy. liere I'll
take tIs hlat. '[here's not imlich style
aiboumt ite-too muech crownl, too little brim
-but then its the best you've got. Yes, I'm
always losing somethling. I expect
I'd lose my 1head( If I uould chalrge it to thle
house84. Old1 hose, hlere'li your health."
And, thlrowving down thme price of the lhat,
thle commlercial trave!e: cilppedl it on his
head and started for thie door. Just thlen
a little boot-black stepped bii withl a ha~t
he0 had pickea up~ along the ruo:te of the
stage, whlich proved to be thle mkme pm.
perty. 'The1 owvner grabbed it, flung the
b~oy a quarter, and( said:
By time everlasting Ihancock, tIs makes
one smile. My luck's turnedl. 1 can bust
ally bamnk in town. Where's your fare, youmr
pico tand all thlat funny business aroumnd
your snlie town?"
Turning to tile hat mall, lhe remarked:
llaven't got muchl use for tis new lhat
now, govenor. Keep it? Of coulrse Il
keep it. Ill try it on tile house once more.
Blap hecr down as street car fare. Ta',
And withl hiis hands m his pockets, which
wvere cult in the side0 of his pants, the ul
stored iniihvidual saunuteredI coolly out, to
take a drink,
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
le submits himself to be seen
through a microscope who suffers him
self to be caught in a'passion.
If you would be satisfied to do what
you can do, rather than what you want
to do, you would be happier.
Every man is a good pilot in a smooth
sea, but when the winAblows then we
find out who knows he most.
If you wish to be s happy as a king -
look at those who haven t as much as
you, not ht those who have more.
When death, the great reconcller,
has come, it Is never our tenderness
that we repent of, but our severity.
If you have talents, Industry will
strengthen them; if moderate abilities,
Industry will supply the defficiency.
The voice of conscience is so delicate
that it Is easy to stifle it but it is also
so clear that it is impossible to mistake
it.
The best kind of revenge is that
which Is taken by him who is so gener
ou8 that he refuses to take any revenge
at all.
To be bofn of the Spirit is the essen
tial thing, and there must be the wit
nessing of a holy walk and conver
sation.
Every person has two educations
one which he receives from others, and
one, more important which he gives
himself.
There is a gift that is almost a blow,
and there Is a kind word that is muni.
ficence; so much Is there In the way
we do things.
As sins proceed they ever multiply;
like figures in arithmetic, the lIst on
the left stands for more than all that
went before it.
Man is anl animal that cannot long
be left Il safety without occupation,
the growth of his fallow nature is apt
to run to weeds.
If Uhere is any thing more poigiiant
than a body agonizing for want of
bread, it is a soul whiloh ib dying of
1%utiger for light.
Enter upon life Is ioi;ni wish
to retire froin it, and spend time on
earth as you would wish to spend eter
nity in Heaven.
The worthiest people are most injured
by slanders; as we usually find that to
be the bept fruit which the birds have
been pecking at.
Though the life of a man falls short
of a hundred years, he gives himself
as much pain and anxiety as if he were
to live a thousand.
A man of Intellect 18 lost unless he
uniLtes energy of character to Intellect.
IV hen we have the lantern of Diogenes
we must have his stair.
A gentle person is like tho, river
flowing calmly along; wiiile the pas
sionate mian is like the sea, casting up
mire and dirt continually,
The only gratification a covetous
man gives his neighbors is to let diem
see that ho himself is no better for
what he has than they are.
It Is wonderful how silent a il can
he when he knows hIs cause is Just,
and how boisterous he becomes when
he knows he is in the wrong.
Kn owledge always desires increase;
it Is like fire, which must first be kin
dled by some external agent, but which
will after wards propagate itself.
Since ilie generality of persons act
from impulse much more than from
priniple, mni are neither so good or
so bad as we are apt to think themi.
Only they who carry sincerity to the
highest poinlt, in whom there remains
not a single hair's breadtirof hypocrisy,
can see the hidden spring of things.
Mortality is an event by which a
wise ian can never be surprised; we
know that death is always neai', and it
should therefore, always be expected.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another .man than this,
that wheni the Injury began on his
part, for the kindness to begin on ours.
There are some people who think
that eternal viglance is a terrible sum
to pay for liberty, when a sort of easy
rnn slavery can be had for hslf that
price.. ,
ruere are errors which no wise man
will treat with rudeneus while there is
a probability that they may be the re
fraction of sonmc greas truth belo w the
horizon.
Events are only the shells of ideas;
and often it is the Iluenat thotight of
ages that Is crystalized in a moment
by the stroke of a pen or the point of a
bayonet.
The worst slander often has in It
some truth from which we may learn a
lesson that taay make us wiser, and If
we wvill, better, when the first smart of
It is over.
The humble man, though surroun
ded with the soorni and reproach of the
world, is still in peace, for the utablity
of his peace resteth not upon the
world, but upon God.
IHumor is a very important element
in every man's life. Neither man nor
plant thrives in the shade. 1t is nec
essary however, to see that itis good
humor rather than bad.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will
please itself with very mean advyan
tages; and envy feels not its own hap
piness, but when it may be compared
wvith the misery of others..
Profanity never did any mapi the
least good. No man is rIcher, hkppler
or wiser for it. It commends no'one to
society ; it is disgusting to refiued peo
ple, and abominable to the good.
Blessed is lie who gives to the poor,
albeit only a penny ; dloubly blessed be
lhe who adds kind words to his gift.
$ay not because thou cans't not (10
everything, "I will do nothing.'"
hlowever early in the morning you.
seek the gate of access, you find it al
ready open ; and however deep the mid
r.lght hour when you find y'ourself lz4
the sudden arms of death, the winged
prayer can bring an instant Saviour
near.
And no nation, whatever he its nat
ural resources, shall survive the action
of those divinely appointed laws by
wvhich'i righteousness is miade to exalt
a nation, and sin to be a' reproach to
a- y people.
It is at this point preoiiely thdt men
may expect help from Ptdvidence-at
the end of their own possible egort, at
a point where they have done all they
can to help themselves,. TIo help themi
sooner than this were nottse." To do
for man what he can do .fpr .tdmseef,
were not wise-not good fok man aI
growth, either ini knowledge er1 ritue